Product category: Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Animatics | Subject: RTC-3000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 7 September 2001
Tiny controller amplifier runs servosystems
Animatics has applied its miniaturised motion control technology to a free-standing controller amplifier called the RTC-3000
Measuring only 93 x 46 x 9mm, the RTC-3000 is about the size of a credit card and will completely operate virtually any small brushed or brushless DC servo. By applying 24V DC to the RTC3000 and downloading a program using the host utility users have a completely stand-alone system including controller, amplifier, logic power supplies and program interpreter with 32Kbyte of program memory and 32Kbyte of data storage.
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Alternatively interactive communication can be established between the RTC-3000 and a host or PLC over RS-232 or RS-485.
The RTC-3000 employs the same expansive command set that has allowed SmartMotors to control entire machines.
It has inputs for the encoder, the motor, the Hall sensors (if BLDC) as well as general purpose I/O, an additional encoder input and the ability to take step and direction signals.
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The general purpose I/O includes several channels of 10bit analogue input.
Also, like the SmartMotors, the RTC-3000 has an additional AniLink port that links in a vast array of peripherals such as LCDs, push wheel banks, Opto-22 racks etc.
As many as 120 RTC-3000s can be combined on a single RS-485 network.
It was designed for multi-axis applications, but because of its size, it can often be located next to each motor, vastly reducing the amount of system cabling and distributing the control and I/O functions throughout the machines.
The innovative drive design inside the RTC-3000 is well suited to run motors with a wide range if inductance, including very low inductance motors that are otherwise difficult to drive.
Units are available from stock.
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